“Glencore UK’s failure to conduct proper human rights due diligence has had devastating consequences for communities living near the Badila oil field. While we welcome the NCP’s findings that Glencore UK failed to prevent these harms, it is troubling that the company is not being held accountable for remedying the damage caused. Not only does
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A South African court has stopped a historic class action of 140,000 women and children from proceeding after the Zambian community came forward to seek redress for decades of lead contamination. “This decision compounds a historic wrong, not yet remedied. Thousands of children suffering from lead poisoning will continue to have life-limiting futures. Families
Investors who hold shares in global mining giant, Anglo American, should urge the company to resolve its devastating toxic legacy in Kabwe, Zambia, a group of African and British human rights organisations said today.